HILLSBOROUGH – A township teenager has been charged with reckless manslaughter in the death of another township teenager following a fight on Saturday afternoon.

The 16-year-old juvenile, identified only by the initials S.M., is accused of punching Jared Colon, 17, in the head during an argument on Orchard Drive at about 5 p.m. Saturday, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said.

Colon was airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick where he died on Monday, Soriano said.

S.M. was charged with second-degree reckless manslaughter and has been lodged at the Middlesex County Juvenile Detention Center.

Detectives from the Hillsborough Police Department and the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit investigated the incident.

Because of S.M.'s age, the case will be held in Family Division of Superior Court unless prosecutors move to bring the case in the Criminal Division. Juvenile matters in Family Court are closed to the public.